(AP) -- A South Carolina man has been arrested in the death of his 5-month-old daughter earlier this week.
Multiple media outlets reported that 22-year-old Matthew Taylor Hinton of Seneca was arrested Thursday afternoon and charged with homicide by child abuse.
Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis says Brianna R. Bright of Seneca died Tuesday afternoon at a Greenville hospital from a head injury. Emergency personnel were called when the girl was found unresponsive Sunday. She was treated at Oconee Medical Center and transferred to Greenville Memorial Hospital.
It was unclear if Hinton had a lawyer.
The maximum penalty for homicide by child abuse is life in prison.
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